The Conscience of Hassan Bey

The Conscience of Hassan Bey

10 mins | Drama | Dec. 20, 1913

From the dungeon where the lean beasts prowled, Hassan Bey summoned from her young lover's arms the old rug maker's daughter. Still she was obdurate. In his madness, he had poisoned his other love with the deadly sting of a serpent. His fury spent, he fell from bey to man, and sought to atone according to his light.

The Conscience of Hassan Bey

10 mins | Drama | Dec. 20, 1913

The Conscience of Hassan Bey
From the dungeon where the lean beasts prowled, Hassan Bey summoned from her young lover's arms the old rug maker's daughter. Still she was obdurate. In his madness, he had poisoned his other love with the deadly sting of a serpent. His fury spent, he fell from bey to man, and sought to atone according to his light.
Producers Biograph Company
Original title The Conscience of Hassan Bey
Directors Christy Cabanne, D.W. Griffith
Writers

Cast

William Welsh

as Hassan Bey

Alfred Paget

as The Rugmaker

Lillian Gish

as The Rugmaker's Daughter

Robert Harron

as The Rugmaker's Daughter's Sweetheart

William A. Carroll

as Timur - the Bey's Slave

Frances Nelson

as The Bey's Favorite